A 56-year-old man, John Oromoro, is in police custody for allegedly killing his pastor, Ben Ojinaka. The incident happened on Sunday, September 19th at Jakande Estate, Ajangbadi. Mr Oromoro said the pastor of Jesus Power Ministry, Benjamin Ojinaka, 45, allegedly raped his 15-year-old daughter in July this year. He said he went to confront the pastor on the allegation that it was his daughter that lured him to have sex with him when a fight ensued between them that led to the pastor’s death.
“I be tanker driver,” he said. “The thing wey happen na since more than one month ago. My daughter, wen be the last born of my fourteen children get marine spirit. Pastor Ben come say him fit deliver her. Na me and pastor na we form the church together, so na so pastor come dey carry her go for deliverance.”
Scandal and Death
Mr Oromoro stated that his daughter was eventually delivered of the ‘spirits’ but he noticed she kept going back to church after the deliverance. “Later my daughter come refused to go church; after I ask her many times, she come confessed say pastor Ben rape her for inside my house one day during deliverance,” he said. “I come vex, go meet pastor. Him come tell me make I forgive am say na devil work, I vex but I come forgive pastor.” He said he then heard rumours of the pastor claiming that his daughter lured him to have sex with him. “When I hear say pastor dey tell people say na my daughter rape am, I come go him house on Sunday go ask am say why him dey spoil my daughter name,” he said. “Him tell me to get out from him house , I come vex, we come dey fight. Na so people for the compound come separate us. As pastor dey run go tell police, na so him fall down.”
According to the wife of the deceased, Mr Ojinaka slumped after the fight and was rushed to a private hospital. “As him fall down, we pour water for him body but him no wake up,” said Mrs Ojinaka. “We carry am go private hospital and them refer us to General hospital for Badagry. When the doctor seem am for general hospital, them say pastor don die make we carry am go mortuary.” His corpse was subsequently taken to the mortuary at the General hospital, Isolo, Lagos.
Police officers from the Ilemba Hausa Police Station arrested Mr Oromoro and the case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department at Panti, Yaba. Homicide detectives at Panti said investigation into the case has began. Frank Mba, the Lagos Police Command Spokesperson, advised resident to shun violence and embrace peace.
Source: Patience Ogbo - 234next.
14 comments:
Apparently, Girls with Marine Spirits are the best sexually :-)
It's unfortunate that John is being arrested for this? It's not like he could've gotten justice for his daughter through the legal/criminal justice system
tchai linda u don turn journalist ooh,the details u reported said the man slumped and died but ur head line reads differently.......na wa for u oh lollll
the pastor deserved what he got!!!! i applaud this man he is a man's man..standing up for his daughter from pedophiles!!!!very unlike some disconnected nija men who could not be bothered about what happens to their children kudos!!!! mr "pastor" deserved what he got!!!
@Anon..11.05am..this is the second time I m reading a very misguided statement like this today on this same issue..You clearly do not have a good grasp of the Nigerian criminal law..In sec 314 of our criminal code “a person is not deemed to have killed
another if death of that other person does not take place within a year
and a day of the cause of death”. That section goes on to state that such
period is calculated to include the day on which the last unlawful act
contributing to or resulting in the cause of death was done..from this section it can clearly be seen that the man is liable for the death of that pastor..unless proven that the fight in no way affected the pastor's death..
Well deserved JUSTICE, touch wood I will do the SAME over and over again..in a Country where their's no justice....May he ROT in hell...
i just feel bad for this man and his family! what is with these "men of God?" pastor eddie long has just been accused of sexually inappropriate behavior with three young men in his church, why are these men embarassing christianity like this?
I don't get it. Nowhere in this story does it state that he used excessive force on the pastor, pushed him, causing him to hit his head, stabbed him, shot him, strangled him, battered him. It says they fought - a mutual engagement- and then, the pastor while making his escape good collapsed. Why is the man being charged with murder? What is the actual cause of the pastor's death, a heart attack, an aneurysm? The headline is inflammatory at best because it does not describe what follows in the story.
As i commented on the Eddie Long case.......parents beware of perverts/pedophiles hiding in church- whether catholic, protestant or of the variety in this story.
@ anonymous 2:54pm. Mr/Ms Lawyer: how are these statements misguided? How do we know this man didn't have a brain aneurysm that just happened to rupture at that particular time by sheer coincidence.
Of course with people like u as prosecutor and judge this man will definitely go to jail for what MAY not be his fault (i.e. may be circumstantial)cos i doubt that a competent post mortem examination will be performed.
I wonder how some people get taken-in by these so called pastors. God is the all and all not your pastor.
Poor girl! Who told her parents she was possessed by marine spirits; the pastor I guess?
God help Naijia and our various brands of Christianity.
@anon 2.54pm please tk your knowledge to the courts.if u read well u'll get the gist
@ anonymous 2:54PM...huh???Do you think this is a court of law that you are using your Law Jargons!!Abeg waka far and look for people that will be impressed with the crap you are spitting!
D man can plead 4 a defence of provocation 2 mitigate d offence,cos dis is a murder case,at a same time he can b found not guilty if he has a good defence counsel.cos dis rape issues his left undealt with.our law maker re not doing anytin 2 prosecute situations like dis.then even parents are nt helping issues at all ,we so much believe in dis so called men of God.
I can soooooo see myself killing this "pastor" with my bare knuckle hands. Dis pastor should have been killed like in July when he raped the man's 15yr old daughter. Serves him right...now he should rot in hell trying to deliver the devil of "devil spirits"!!!!
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